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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Susumo Komota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akinori Tadano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tadano has chosen Elevator by Eminem as his entrance music. Susumo Komota has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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196 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Susumo Komota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akinori Tadano!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Komota fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tadano lands with a shot to the body.
Komota shoots in for a takedown but Tadano shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Komota throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Akinori Tadano has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Komota shoots for a double leg takedown but Tadano sprawls well. He's pushed Komota's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Komota shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tadano sprawls well. Tadano wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Komota gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Susumo Komota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tadano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Komota looks for a takedown but Tadano sprawls well.
Komota lands with a good body shot.
Tadano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tadano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tadano takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tadano tries to clinch but Komota is having none of it.
Komota scores with a nice strike.
Horrible takedown by Komota or perhaps it was just good defense by Tadano which made him look bad.
Tadano lands a head kick!
Komota bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tadano's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Komota throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tadano tries to clinch but Komota is having none of it.
Susumo Komota seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Komota lands with a kick to the temple. Tadano shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Komota misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No luck for Komota with that takedown attempt.
Komota throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tadano tries a head kick but it misses.
Komota scores with a three punch combo!
That has opened up Akinori Tadano's cut even more.
Tadano looks gassed!
Tadano displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Komota.
Tadano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Komota throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tadano has Komota up against the cage in a clinch.
Komota wants a takedown but no success here.
Komota has had enough of the clinch but Tadano keeps him there for the moment.
Komota with a knee to the head.
Tadano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tadano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tadano leaning against his opponent.
Komota drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tadano gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Komota.
Tadano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tadano landing knees to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tadano tries a knee to the head but Komota blocks it.
Tadano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tadano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Komota avoids it.
Tadano looking to throw knees to the head but Komota is blocking nicely.
Komota tries to break free but Tadano pushes him back against the cage.
Komota changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tadano fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Komota lands a two punch combo.
Komota lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Komota lands with a slapping head kick.
No joy there for Komota, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tadano avoids the head kick by Komota.
Komota avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tadano takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The cut above Akinori Tadano's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Komota scores with a three punch combo!
Komota closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Some wild striking there from Komota.
Tadano throws a head kick but Komota moves out of range.
Tadano stuffs the takedown attempt from Komota. Komota gets slowly back to his feet.
Komota lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tadano backs up against the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Komota. Tadano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tadano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Komota throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tadano's waist but Tadano gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Komota off to one side.
Komota avoids the head kick by Tadano.
Tadano wants to clinch up but Komota keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Komota tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tadano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tadano scores with a knee to the head.
Komota fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tadano misses with a knee strike.
Komota breaks from the clinch.
Komota connects with a high kick.
Tadano throws a sloppy head kick
and Komota counters with a three punch combo that has Tadano backing up. Tadano nods at Komota to acknowledge the strikes.
Komota shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tadano as he jumps to the side.
Komota pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tadano gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Komota fails to pull guard.
Tadano is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tadano keeps control of Komota as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tadano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Komota.
Tadano misses with a knee to the head.
Tadano missing with knees to the body.
Komota breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Susumo Komota dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Akinori Tadano's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tadano takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Komota.
Tadano blocks a head kick by Komota.
Tadano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Komota.
A cross from Komota lands.
Komota tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tadano darts in trying to clinch
and Komota counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Komota is defended easily by Tadano.
Tadano throws a sloppy head kick
and Komota counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Akinori Tadano's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Tadano avoids the head kick by Komota.
A combination from Komota does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tadano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tadano tries to bum rush Komota with a series of wild strikes but Komota uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Komota throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Komota throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tadano's waist but Tadano gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Komota off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Susumo Komota. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tadano misses with a head kick.
Komota takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tadano lands with a nice combination. Komota backs away looking to recover.
Komota slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Komota shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tadano is defending against the submission attempts here by Komota.
Komota seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Komota not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Komota wants to stand up but Tadano is controlling the position.
Komota stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Tadano to get to his feet.
Komota is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A head kick misses from Komota.
Susumo Komota is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Komota moves out of range of the strikes.
Komota connects with a high kick.
Komota avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Komota fails with a takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tadano throws a lazy body kick
and Komota counters with a one-two to the body.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Akinori Tadano's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Susumo Komota!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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